Member profile – Mandy Bond

When did you join the club? I joined the Bristol Kettlebell Club back in April 2011. What attracted you to it?  I had been putting on weight since my bowel surgery for Crohns Disease in 2009.  I was going to the gym but just not getting the results I wanted, so when I...

Member Profile – John Evans

Bristol Kettlebell club member profile – John Evans     When did you get into kettlebell training? I started Kettlebell training on feb 20th so have been doing it for 9 weeks now.   What attracted you to kettlebell training?  I had heard that the...

Don’t obsess over the scale!

Don’t get fixated on what the scale says when attempting to shift some body fat. Body composition changes cannot be detected by a scale on a day-to-day basis. Fat loss can be detected on a weekly basis, however, so if you can have enough discipline to only hop...

Hand care

Kettlebell training is rough on the hands, the repeated motion of the handle rotating in the palm will form callouses which eventually may tear and could stop you from training as frequently as you want to.  However there are things you can do to avoid this situation,...

Train like a man even if you are a woman!

One of the concerns for women when they first try kettlebell training is that they think that because it is a weight they will build muscle. Mike Mahler has a great saying for this “Worrying about building muscle is like worrying about making to much...